Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.
Source: tatoeba (410282)
Evils
/ˈiːvɪlz/
Synonyms for "evils" (10 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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Noun(5 words)
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5 entriesethical categoryethical issueharmful eventsmoral conceptsocial problem
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10 entriesdisease outbreakearthquakeeconomic inequalityfloodgenocidehuman traffickingmurderoppressionpolice brutalitysystemic racism
Collocations
5 entriesevils of povertyevils of societyevils of wargreat evilsroots of evils
Derivations
2 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Clear society of its evils.
Source: tatoeba (541990)
We chose the lesser of the two evils.
Source: tatoeba (631008)
She told me about the evils of stealing.
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